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Fancy/Free weekend in A2
So much great artsy stuff to do in May. If you’re looking for something unique and fun this weekend, you can roll Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style through Ann Arbor to either (or both!) of these great events this Saturday, May 12: Fancy: For a swanky night out on the town, get dolled up and head over to [...]
Maker Works opening in Ann Arbor
Quick shout out to Maker Works of Ann Arbor – I found out about these guys at the Shadow Art Fair last weekend and am really excited about this opening soon! Their space hosts all kinds of high-tech, fancy-pants tools for just about every project you could think of – electronics, metal and woodworking, 3D [...]
Come to the Detroit Urban Craft Fair 2010!
Come visit Mosaic Geek at the Detroit Urban Craft Fair this weekend, December 4th & 5th 2010 at the Fillmore (formerly the State Theatre) in Detroit. This year marks the 5th iteration of Handmade Detroit‘s annual event featuring local artists and and their handmade goodies, from wall art to jewelry, clothing, toys, paper crafts, and [...]
Going Digital: Planning Mosaics in Adobe Illustrator
I’ve been wanting to learn Adobe Illustrator for a long time, so this fall I signed up for a class at Washtenaw Community College. While I’m still just a baby at this whole Illustrator thing, I can already see how even the few things that I’ve learned so far will be immensely helpful in planning [...]
Why do Video Games Matter?
Whether you play them or not, anyone who’s even remotely interested in video games should listen to this clip from NPR’s Talk of the Nation in which Neal Conan interviews Tom Bissell, author of the book Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter. Neal gets to the bottom line right away – “Video games sold $18 [...]
Mosaic Pixel Art: Donkey Kong Solidified
There are several reasons I love creating mosaics of video game themes. For one, I love games. That’s the easiest one. More than that, though, this combination of subject + medium connects ancient methods of pictorial representation with those of the digital age. The contradiction is totally fun. Mosaic is the ultimate analog. Mosaic pixel [...]
Kill Screen Magazine Offers Something New for Gamers
On most days, a branching domino effect of discovery ( / distraction?) keeps me in front of the computer for a lot longer than I ever intend. This often results in decreased artistic productivity, but the payoff is in occasionally finding something truly great. This is how I stumbled upon Kill Screen, a new gaming [...]
The Itty-Bitty Mosaic Project
At last! My first teeny tiny mosaic is complete! <cue evil villain laugh> Well okay, not counting mosaic necklaces, but this really is my FIRST tiny mosaic “wall art”. Here is my spaceship, soaring through the vast expanses of blackish-blue stained glass outer space, past a mini-Saturn with its own mirrored moon, to the infinite [...]
Mosaics for our Left-Brained Friends: Picross
I know many a peep who take an interest in art, but claim they can “barely draw a stick figure”. (Disbelief and subsequent investigation tend to prove such statements to be true, so if someone gives you this line, I say it’s best to just take their word for it.) Well for those of you [...]
Mosaic Design, Kids & Star Wars: A Brilliant Combination
When my 10-yr-old cousin Will saw the 4″x4″ robot mosaic I made awhile back, he immediately asked if I would make one for him. I said, “Sure, Will — you draw me up what you want, and I’ll get started!” Robot mosaic in hand, he composed an adorable and awesome depiction of Count Dooku, baddie [...]
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